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I had this really great idea when I was working on a website for one of my side projects. The idea was to create a tool that could be used to track players progression in fighting game tournaments worldwide. The tool itself wouldn't be tied to the tournament itself, but to the player who enters said tournaments and wants to keep a good record of how they place in said tournaments. The core of the tool would track those tournaments through player profiles that only works if the player reports their progression tournament-after-tournament. From there, players can popular the tournament stats and allow the tool to display those results to everyone as well do some thinking on it's own.
Player Profiles
I don't foresee the tool being that complicated to make while utilizing PHP and some Javascript for the front-end. Players could register, fill out some base information about themselves and have a tournament recorder forum at their disposal. After each tournament, they can fill in the tournament name, date, location, placing and earnings they acquired. The tool stores that to their profile and a global profile that allows us to compare everyone against each other to give a high-level overview of how the tournament scene is doing.
Players will also be able to fill out their contact information, sponsor information and keep a honest record of their progression that they can take with them wherever they go. I think this is a good thing because the information about some of the good players in the scene is almost non-existent. It's extremely hard to find say MarlinPie's record and see how he has progressed over the years. It's even harder to gauge how much earnings some of these players are making at any given tournament to possibly attract new fish into the scene.
The Best-of-the-Best
I kind of look at this tool as something entirely community driven. If the players don't take the time to record their progression, then the tool would become insanely useless. It's like a Wiki, you have to put forth the effort consistently in order to make it work. When that comes together, we will be able to see who the best players are in terms of statistics. You know, who is placing the highest consistently to who is potentially earning the most yearly. If enough players get involved, we may even be able to break those down by territory and get a good honest overview of where all the killers really reside outside of Cali or Japan.
TO Friendly
One of the fail safes I have for this tool is making it tournament organizer friendly. That means specific players who signup are able to designate themselves as TO's in the community. This will allow the tool to provide additional features for those special profiles to report on everyone who entered their tournaments. For example, let's say Joe the gamer doesn't use this tool. When he finishes the tournament, he does not let the tool know he placed 2nd in Marvel. Dan the TO can report Joe's progression for him and the tool will auto-generate a profile for Joe if he has never used the tool. That way no matter what, we have fail safes for TO's to always report on what they are doing in their specific areas as well helps ensure the statistics are correct.
As you could imagine, some players may lie about their stats. TO friendly features can help keep that in check. If you submit incorrect information about a specific tournament, then the TO provides information that does not match up to what you provided, then the TO's word is greater than yours. What the TO reports will override your report and you will be flagged in some manner as a cheater (or similar system to be determined later).
If you're wondering what the sketches are above, they are called wireframes (click either image to see full concepts). They help web designers mock up a website before they begin work. As this tool would be a web based tool you could access in almost any browser, I put together a wireframe to help visualize what the tool would look like before I began work. Ideally, that's what the tool should look like in terms of the finished product. If you have any feedback on the concept, then please feel free to reach out to me.
When's Release?
Although I think this tool would be rather simple to make overall, it doesn't mean the tool won't be time consuming in terms of scope. I don't foresee this tool being done in the next month, but you never know. I'm a extremely busy person lately with a full-time job in similar fields. But, I do spend a lot of time after hours creating and playing on the interwebs. I hope to get this project started rather soon and finished as quickly as possible that way the tool can basically manage itself without too much hands-on. If you would like to help out, then again, please reach out and let me know what you could contribute to the project.
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This is just a short post to show you this small presentation to introduce the topic World Englishes.
As a complement we have this no-preparation role play about the same topic.
This is just a short post to show you this small presentation to introduce the topic World Englishes.
As a complement we have this no-preparation role play about the same topic.
It's been a long time since I last published an activity here. But here we are again. I don't remember how many times I've taught or shown the US electoral system to my students. It's complicated and different from ours in Spain. Of course, what happens in the USA affects the whole world and it's important for us. If we combine these two factors, we have a reason to talk about it in class.
I found this video on the facebook group Cosas que encuentro para clase and I decided to exploit it for my lesson this evening. Here are the instructions.
LEVEL: b2 and above
TIME: 45 minutes
MATERIALS: video and cards.
Here you can find the video and download the cards and the answersheet.
I came across this Ted Video this morning and decided to prepare a class activity about it. The topic is ideal for my group of teachers and non-teachers who attend a B2 speaking course.
LEVEL: B2 and above
AGES: 16 and above
TIME: 90 minutes approx
MATERIALS: youtube video projected in class
GROUPING: pairs, small groups and whole class
You can download the lesson plan here or read it below.
a) Pre-watching (15 minutes)
Ask students these questions. They should answer in small groups, then do some whole group feedback. I suggest you form the groups attending to age. Answers might vary according to life experience.
b) Watch until minute 1:17. (5 minutes)
4. Ask this question and get whole class feedback: Are you surprised with what is said in the video?
c) Now watch until 1:57. (20 minutes)
5. Ask this question: How can we analyse the entire life of somebody? (whole class question)
6. Ask them to work in the groups you organised during the prewatching. They have 10 minutes to design a plan to study 100 people lives, from their childhood till they die. They also have to focus on their level of happiness.
7. Choose a spokesperson per group and ask them to explain their conclusions.
d) Watch until minute 6:01 (15 minutes)
8. Before watching, ask them to gather as many details as possible about how the project is conducted.
9. What did they find out about these people?
10. What lessons do you think they've learnt from this study?
e) Watch until the end. (25 minutes)
11.Discuss these questions in groups:
12. Now you know the secret, what can you do to achieve a better life? Design a plan.
I read this story a couple of weeks ago and I thought, why not showing the pictures in class? So I created a presentation with the sequence of pictures to ask my students to guess what they see there. A quick warmer to brainstorm vocabulary.
I don't like giving homework for holidays, but I think it's necessary that students do things constantly so that their linguistic competence improves more and more. That's why I've thought of this simple report. The only thing they have to do is writing down whatever they do in English: watching a film, reading the news, listening to a podcast, etc.
My aim with this small record is that they become aware of what they have done and what they could have done. I hope it works that way.
You can download the Christmas report here.
This year I decided to repeat this activity I had done three years ago (explained here). This is what I wrote in that article:
Some days later I came accross this beautiful article thanks to my friend Laura Martín. The article appeared in the blog Zen Habits and talks about how much money we spend on Christmas presents and gives advice on how we could share costless things with our beloved ones. And I thought, why don't we have our zen presents in class? And so this activity was born.
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Whenever I hear this song I say to myself, I have to do something with it, after a lot of thinking, here is the activity I designed:
Time: 30 minutes
Skills: Listening, reading, speaking, writing. Students are encouraged to listen to a song, read its lyrcis, write and speak about it. They are forced to think in English and speak about feelings.
Level: Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
Aim: To analyse the meaning of the song and to write some creative lines.
Contents: Expressing your opinion, talking about feelings.
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
These kinds of activities are sometimes risky, so we have to think it twice before using it with a group that's not cohesive enough or with people afraid to talk about feelings.
These notes contain some extracts from the website Blurt It and the lyrics to the song, together with the questions students have to answer.

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Mad at your old landlord who`s still holding your security deposit? Peeved at an auto repair shop? Ready to throttle the driveway people whose work is turning to mush?
No doubt you`ve thought about going to small claims court. Think carefully, lawyers say.
The oft-repeated message of lawyers conducting clinics on how to use Palm Beach County`s small claims court is: Try not to go to small claims court.
Not that there is anything wrong with the courts set up to handle disputes involving less than $2,500, the lawyers say. It`s just easier and quicker, many times, to resolve the problems with a few preliminary steps.
``It`s not that they should avoid small claims court,`` said Steven Vann, an attorney helping conduct clinics on how to use small claims court. ``People in all cases should try to avoid litigation because you might not end up any better than if you settled out of court.``
Small claims court is set up to handle minor disputes involving less than $2,500, such as landlord-tenant relations, car repairs, minor auto accidents that do not involve injuries and consumer problems.
``The whole purpose of small claims court is to resolve problems quickly and easily,`` said Glenn Mednick, an attorney conducting monthly seminars around the county sponsored by the south Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Bar.
Often, Mednick told about 30 people at a seminar at the Delray Beach Public Library, a simple conversation with the other side will do the trick.
Mednick outlined a process to guide non-lawyers in dealing with small-claims matters:
-- Write down the facts of the case.
Include names, dates and places and note any documentary evidence, such as receipts or letters. Include the ``remedy`` -- the amount of money or the action you want from the person or company who has wronged you.


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Aurora Wings is sponsoring the Outlawz Sketch challenge for the whole month of March.
Aurora Wings will give a prize of $10 worth of digis to our random winner from all of the month's entries.
Here is the sketch for this week.
Using the sketch, I made my card using Kitten in a Teacup by Aurora Wings! My image is colored with Copic markers and the papers and flowers and stickers are from my stash. I cut a piece of Stampin Up! vellum for my background to which I glued the flowers on.
Please check out the Outlawz Sketch Challenge and the other challenges there!!
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Three newspaper groups, Associated, News Group and MGN, are in the Appeal Court this week to resist an attempt to keep the identity of a suspected murderer and her victim from the public.
The woman is charged with slowly poisoning her small son, who died in Great Ormond Street after she was allowed to continue visiting him.
Because there is a younger sibling in care, the courts have ordered that neither the woman nor her son be named. The three newspaper groups successfully challenged the order in the High Court, but the woman appealed.


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The selection of a tackle with the first pick in the upcoming NFL Draft is a logical one for the Chiefs, given the uncertainty surrounding Branden Albert and the fact two of the top available prospects, Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M and Eric Fisher of Central Michigan, play the position.
Draft analyst Mel Kiper has the Chiefs going with Joeckel in his latest mock, but indicated in a conference call today he would be surprised if the Chiefs went with Fisher.
He has the two rated that closely.
"I've gone back and forth on these two," Kiper said. "I gave them a similar grade. I gave the edge to Joeckel just because of the level of competition week in and week out. If Fisher had any issues, it was against the lesser opponents, which was a crazy thing. When he had to rise up and go against better opposition, he did a great job. His Senior Bowl week was phenomenal.
"You're splitting hairs. One day you like one better, the next day you like the other better. I think Kansas City is probably going through that themselves.''
-- ADAM TEICHER, The Star


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Making Design Matter. That's our philosophy at Michael Wolk Design, and just like our design itself, it works on several levels.
Making implies action. Our creative process doesn't end in thought or discussion – it ends in creation. Every idea is developed to its fullest potential here, rather than passed off to someone else. Design is what we make. Anyone can create something functional, and anyone can create something beautiful – but true design will always accomplish both. My Alma Mater (PRATT) had a motto – "Be true to your work and your work be true to you." In my experience, being true to your work means allowing design – rather than money, politics, or other outside influences – to control the energy. Design is design; everything else is everything else. And we make design matter, in the sense that it needs to be physical. It transcends fantasy and speculation; it is exciting and inspiring, while remaining firmly grounded in the reality of time constraints and budgets. Most important of all is making design matter. Design matters to me – it's what i love to do, and it's what i do better than anybody else. Making Design Matter is what I stand for.


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For Today are streaming their new song "Pariah" on YouTube. The track is from their new album "Fight The Silence," which will be released February 4, 2014. If you like what you hear, you can pre-order the album on iTunes at http://georiot.com/FightTheSilence and MerchNow at http://fortoday.merchnow.com.
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Beast Only Just bypassing Earth this Weekend
On Sunday, 8th June, yet another near-earth object is going to be passing by our fragile planet, this one a massive, newly-found asteroid, appropriately nicknamed The Beast. This gigantic rock – 2014 HQ124 – may be as enormous as the Manchester United football stadium, but astronomers say we need not be worried.
In theory at least, the rock has no chance of hitting Earth, but will all the same zoom past us at around three quarters of a million miles away, which in terms of distances in space is a close thing indeed. It was the NASA sky-mapping space telescope the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer which first spotted this asteroid on April 23rd, since when it has been very closely monitored.
2014 HQ124 is said to be around 1,100 ft wide, or so say the NASA Asteroid Watch program people at the Pasadena, California Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and be moving at 14 km per second – 31,000 mph – at the time it gets closet to us at just before 6 am GMT. Astronomer Bob Berman remarked upon how disconcerting he finds it that such a massive near-earth object was only very recently discovered.
He further commented that this particular asteroid is between10 and 20 times the size of the 2013 Russian asteroid which exploded over Siberia, and that such an explosion of an object on this scale would be immeasurably more powerful, possibly even an extinction level event.
According to NASA data, their scientists estimate that over 90% of mountain-sized near-Earth asteroids – objects wider than 1 km – have in fact already been discovered, but this huge space rock had until now escaped detection. All the same, they claim that there are in fact 15,000 near-Earth asteroids 460 ft or more wide, of which two-thirds remain uncharted, so the need for vigilance in keeping watch on the space around our planet has to be of the utmost importance, because a major strike, in truth, is long overdue.
With less than one in a hundred of the estimated one million near-earth objects that threaten our planet so far discovered which are less than 100 ft in diameter, one can appreciate how serious and constant the threat is. Remember that the rock which exploded over Siberia, with such devastating consequences for local infrastructure, was only the size of a family car. It is not at all difficult to imagine how much worse it would have been had the rock been the size of a large, detached house. The danger is ever present, and the threat all too real, especially as it is not a question of if we will get hammered, but when. #AsteroidThreat? #CloseEncounter? #SpaceDangers?
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The King of the forest and with the grace of the cat family that it belongs to, this Lion onesie is orange and white with a dark brown mane and a rather friendly face on its hood. Now be the most favourite majestic beast in the party. Absolutely fun and suitable for cosplays, costume parties, to be with children or even just to snuggle in bed, this is one onesie you should most definitely buy.
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After the creating ruckus in Vishakapatnam airport which led to nation wide embarrassment, TDP MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy faced more embarrassment in Hyderabad airport.
The domestic airlines Trujet refused to issue the ticket to JC Diwakar Reddy wanted to book the ticket for Hyderabad-Vijayawada.
Although TruJet was not among the airlines which barred the MP from flying, the airlines denied tickets. Later they apologized to the TDP MP. A top official of the airline said TruJet has not issued any travel ban on Diwakar Reddy.
When He reached Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, He was not allowed to board SpiceJet flight from Hyderabad to Vijayawada.


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Our exhibitions
In our exhibitions KunstKontor presents the works of contemporary artists just as subject exhibitions and important exhibits of our art reliefs and collections.
Beside exhibitions in our own rooms we look after external exhibition draughts and are managing presentation highlights in the area of exhibition leasing and sponsorship. In the midst of these activities our workshops take place over and over again.
Appeal to us in addition with pleasure.


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Letter from L. R. Maag (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), June 15, 1953
- Title
- Letter from L. R. Maag (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), June 15, 1953
- Individual Creator
- Description
- Letter asking for agreement by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to add to the purchase price of the water system, the construction costs of water mains and fire hydrants to serve Hyde park. The letter refers to a drawing that is referenced below.
- Additional Information
- 1 out of 2 attachments not found: "Detail of Estimated Expenditures"
- Identified Individuals
- Identified Groups
- Group Contributors
- Accession Number
- Box 14 Folder W26 File No. 1 Sale of LVL&W Co. to Water District Through February 3, 1954
- Original Collection
- Formatted Date
- 1953-06-15
- Alternative Date
- 1953 (June 15)
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- Subject (FAST Topical & Geographic Headings)
- DC Type
- Genre (TGM)
- Local Genre
- Language
- References
- http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/LV_Maps,708
- Is Part of
- http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,2
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- This material may be protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from the University Libraries. For further information please contact Digital Collections: http://digital.library.unlv.edu/contact
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- application/pdf
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- 8.82 x 11.26 inches
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
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- Original material scanned on Zeutschel OS10000 TT using Omniscan 11 software
- Digital ID
- hln000693
- Access ID
- 699
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You hear one of their songs, and you're not sure what to think. "Meh," you decide, and go back to your comforting piano Pandora station.
You also have a good time making fun of your friend who is currently obsessed with them.
|(You give your friend a noncommittal thumbs up, and then laugh at him/her.)
2. Grudging approval
One day the same song somehow shows up on your Pandora or Spotify, and you are bored so you click on it and you realize that you may, in fact, like this group.
Kind of a lot.
Which means you can't make fun of your friend anymore, so you feel betrayed by your musical preferences.
3. The Secret Binge
Whether through YouTube, Spotify, or the good old-fashioned library, you listen privately to every single song. You also watch concert recordings and acoustic performances, both of which may or may not make you cry from the beauty. (You need to watch these videos in order to check whether they are using autotune or not, and whether they get into the music. And how weird their fans are.)
Bonus points for dancing along like an ecstatic velociraptor.
4. The Not-So-Secret Binge
You give up on secrecy and download every album on iTunes, then spend the rest of your waking moments making your parents and/or friends watch the videos. (The acoustic ones, of course, because the music videos are too weird and the concert ones are too high-energy.)
After the initial I-told-you-so moment, you also bond with your friend who introduced you to them in the first place.
Bonus points for sharing inside lyric references and secret handshakes with said friend.
5. The Buying Spree
You buy band paraphernalia so you can hopefully meet people who like the same band. All you get are weird looks, but you feel very cool.
6. Stalking
You put your iTunes albums on shuffle and look up your band on Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and (when you're really desperate) the YouTube comment sections.
You smile and laugh at the cute posts and pretend that the posts you disagree with do not exist.
|You find things like this.
|And this.
7. Stunned Realization
You notice that the songs are constantly playing in your head, and that whenever someone unwittingly says a word that is in one of the band's many songs, you mentally finish the rest of the line.
Real-life example:
Family friend: "Could you put that in the kitchen sink please?"
My brain: "I'm a kitchen sink. You don't know what that means. Because a kitchen sink to you is not a kitchen sink to me, okay friend?"
My brain: WHAT HAVE I BECOME
8. Fading
You still listen to this band, but you start going back to groups that are your old favorites because you feel your interest in the music slowly sliding backwards. It is a terrible nausea-inducing feeling.
9. The Last Goodbye
Gradually this band has only become another fixture on your playlist. You say a tearful goodbye, grateful for all that this band has taught you.
10. Moving on
One day you hear a song that connects with you almost like the songs from your old favorite band ...and you're back to Step 1.
This was a lot of fun to make. :D Have you gone through this experience? Would you add any steps?


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Taylor Swift had a full circle moment at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night (30Aug15) when she stepped up onstage to present Kanye West with the 2015 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
The pop star recalled meeting the rapper for the first time "at this show actually" when he interrupted her Best Female Video acceptance speech in 2009 to protest on behalf of his pal Beyonce, who was nominated for the same prize.
Ironically, Swift picked up the same award this year (15), for her Blank Space promo - and she took to the stage at the Microsoft Theater to honor her one-time music enemy.
She said, "It seemed like everyone in the world knew about our infamous encounter at the VMAs, but something that you may not know is that Kanye West's album College Dropout was the very first album that my brother and I ever bought on iTunes when I was 12 years old."
She went on to praise West for recording his first album tracks with his jaw famously wired shut, for "studying the craft and the art of fashion" and "even learned to sew before launching his own line".
Swift added, "I have been a fan of his since I can remember because Kanye defines what it is to be a creative force in music, fashion, and, well, life."
The Bad Blood singer then had a little fun by firing back the words West used when he interrupted her very first VMAs acceptance speech back in 2009, saying, "I guess I have to say to all the other winners tonight, I'm really happy for you and I'mma (sic) let you finish..." adding, "Right now I am honored to present the 2015 Vanguard Award to my friend Kanye West."
A humbled West hit the stage to a lengthy standing ovation and chants of "Kanye" and "Yeezus" as Swift joined his pregnant wife Kim Kardashian in the front row, and, after soaking up the moment, the beaming rap star said, "Listen to the kids...! Taylor, thank you for being so gracious and giving me this award this evening."
He then got serious and addressed his reputation as a villain, stating, "I often think back to the first day I met you. I think about when I'm in the grocery store with my daughter and I have a really great conversation about fresh juice... and at the end they say, 'Oh you're not that bad after all'.
"It crosses my mind a little bit, like, when I go to a baseball game and 60,000 people boo me... and I think, 'If I had to do it all again, what would I have done? Would I have worn a leather shirt? Would I have drank a half a bottle of Hennessy (cognac)... If I had a daughter at that time, would I have went onstage and grabbed the mic from someone else's (hand).'
"After that night the stage was gone but the affect that it had on people remained... The problem was the contradiction. The contradiction is I do fight for artists, but in that fight I somehow was disrespectful to artists, I didn't know how to say the right thing, the perfect thing. I just sat at the Grammys and saw Justin Timberlake and Cee Lo (Green) lose... I'm not trying to put Justin on blast, but I saw that man in tears. And I was thinking, 'He deserved to win Album of the Year!'"
West's rambling acceptance speech turned into an attack on MTV bosses as he asked, "You know how many times MTV ran that footage again, because it got them more ratings? You know how many times they announced Taylor was gonna give me the award, because it got them more ratings? Listen to the kids, bro!
"I still don't understand awards shows. I don't understand how they get five people who work their entire life... sell records, sell concert tickets, to come, stand on a carpet and for the first time in their life be judged on a chopping block and have the opportunity to be considered a loser.
"I just wanted people to like me more, but f**k that, bro!"
West ended his lengthy speech by stating, "And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president."
The rapper then confessed he smoked "a little something" to "knock the edge off" before he stepped up onstage.
Earlier in the evening, Swift attempted to end another rift when she joined Nicki Minaj for the rapper's opening performance at the VMAs. The two women briefly feuded on social media earlier this summer (15) when Swift took offense to comments Minaj made after her Anaconda failed to land a Video of the Year mention at the MTV prizegiving. The two hitmakers have since made up.


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Rev. Adele Crawford, Pastor
We called Rev. Adele Crawford to be our fourth settled pastor in the summer of 2012. Adele comes to ministry after a 15 year career as a professional singer. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), she is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Yale Divinity School. She has previously served as an associate minister to a large suburban church, and as Interim Dean of Chapel at Yale Divinity School. We found Adele to be well-spoken, polished, thoughtful, mature, creative, and energetic. Her sermons are well thought out and captivating. She stood out as one who deeply desired to know us as individuals and as a congregation. Her background, strong faith and calm presence drew us to her
as the right choice for Valley.
as the right choice for Valley.
Max Vladimiroff, Director of Music
Max Vladimiroff is a graduate of the Gnessin College of Music in Moscow where he studied piano and improvisation. He obtained his MFA in music composition from the University of California, Irvine, and later studied in New York with composer Philip Lasser. His works have won several prizes, including the Musica Domani International Composition Prize, the Longfellow Chorus Award of Distinction, the Keene State College Department of Music Call for Scores and the National Association of Composers USA Young Composers' Competition. Max lives and works in Brookfield, Connecticut. He has served Valley as its organist and then its Director of Music since 2006.
Megan Christian, Director of Family Ministries
The Session, along with the Personnel Committee of Valley Presbyterian Church called Megan Christian to be our first Director of Family Ministries, a position newly created in 2014. Megan has been a member of Valley for since 2004 and is a life-long Presbyterian. She is an enthusiastic and energizing addition to our staff, leading efforts for children and families, including enrichment, education, multigenerational events, and service opportunities. Megan's Masters degree in Elementary Education and Bachelors degree in Social Work allow her a unique ability to engage children, students, and families with God's message in today's culture. It's a very exciting time for Valley, and Megan and her family are thrilled to be a part of this adventure.
Terri Flanagan, Church Administrator
Terri Flanagan has been a member of Valley since before Valley was officially a church! Part of the organizing congregation, she and her husband Jerry have been worshipping here since 1977. Terri has been an active member of the church for the last 30+ years, including being a member of the choir and a Deacon. Terri joined our staff on an interim basis in February 2013 before becoming a permanent addition to our team. She is the warm voice on the phone and the smiling face at the desk that is always happy to greet you. And she keeps this place running smoothly! She and her husband Gerry reside in Brookfield.


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Hello Alvin and epay Launch Direct 24/7 Access to Healthcare via Any Mobile Device: Nation's 1st Mobile Healthcare Option In Retail Targeting 22,000+ Retailers
- First mobile healthcare retail offering of its kind to consumers
- Includes access to Teladoc (NYSE: TDOC) telehealth physician network
- Includes unlimited use of Registered Nurse Line and Email-a-Doctor services
NEW YORK & LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hello Alvin, a mobile healthcare network providing consumers and their families direct access to quality, affordable healthcare through any mobile device, announces a partnership with epay, a Division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), a global product processor and distributor serving a network of approximately 294,000 retailer locations and 664,000 points of sale. This partnership brings the Hello Alvin secure, HIPAA-compliant suite of mobile healthcare tools to select epay retail partners, beginning with over 1,200 truck stops and travel centers in May, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores in June, and rapidly expanding to thousands of distribution points throughout epay's extensive distribution network.
"Designed to meet consumer and family needs for 24-hour convenient access to healthcare, Hello Alvin empowers individuals and families – especially those with limited benefits or little to no insurance coverage – to significantly reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses," says Arif Razvi, president and co-founder, Hello Alvin.
Through its point-of-sale (POS) terminals, Web-based POS solution, integrated POS systems and digital channel retailers, epay distributes a supply of prepaid products from many well-known prepaid brands to retailers of all sizes. The Hello Alvin healthcare product will be sold to consumers as prepaid codes, priced at $100 annually and merchandised alongside other popular prepaid products which epay distributes via its retail distribution network. The annual subscription price includes unlimited Hello Alvin Nurse Line and Email-a-Doctor services and covers the entire family.
This first-time in retail offering also provides direct-to-consumer connectivity to the Teladoc physician telehealth network, allowing convenient and bilingual access to care for a wide range of non-emergent conditions ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory infections and the flu. The cost to the patient is a $45 co-pay, significantly less than the cost of treating these conditions in an urgent care or emergency room setting.
Bryan Zingg, president, epay North America, says, "This partnership brings to our retail partners an opportunity to offer a unique service previously unavailable at their point of sale. We are proud to be at the forefront of this important paradigm shift that will transform access to care for millions of Americans."
Hello Alvin CEO and co-founder Joey Truscelli is no stranger to the healthcare technology industry, credited with developing one of the largest healthcare transaction clearinghouses in the United States – ENS Health, now part of United Healthcare/Optum.
About Hello Alvin
Hello Alvin is a mobile healthcare network providing consumers direct access to healthcare through its secure, HIPAA-compliant suite of mobile telehealth tools. Visit https://helloalvin.com.
About epay
epay, a Division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), is a global prepaid product processor and distribution network, enabling product providers to maximize the sale of their products and services. epay delivers innovative and tailored electronic payment services, cash collection solutions, POS systems integration, settlement and reporting services, and full marketing and distribution service support. Visit http://www.epayworldwide.com/
Sirius Acquires International Medical Group
Source: Newswire, 5/26/2017
HAMILTON, Bermuda and INDIANAPOLIS — Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd. ("Sirius"), a global (re)insurance company with a leading position in Accident & Health insurance, is pleased to announce the acquisition of International Medical Group® (IMG®), a market leading and award-winning provider of global medical insurance products and assistance services.
Allan Waters, Sirius Group Chairman, commented, "We are proud to have our long-time business partner IMG join the Sirius family of companies. Over the course of our relationship that has spanned over 20 years, we have witnessed IMG grow and evolve, while consistently delivering innovative products and superior service to its clients. This acquisition is a natural fit within Sirius's specialty insurance segment that further enhances our global Accident & Health offerings and supports our long-term growth strategy."
IMG will be run by President & CEO Brian Barwick, who has been with IMG for 23 years and has worked with Sirius throughout his tenure. "We know Brian and the IMG management team well and are lucky to have such a quality team leading IMG," Waters said.
Barwick commented, "Today we celebrate our long-lasting partnership. As our underwriting partner since 1997, Sirius has worked with IMG on almost all of our international and domestic products. Sirius understands and values the work we do each day, and our passion to 'be there' for our constituents. This transaction was a natural next step for IMG, and we look forward to continuing to work with Sirius long into the future."
Commensurate with the transaction, IMG's subsidiary IMG-Stop LossSM, a managing general underwriter dedicated to medical stop loss insurance products for self-funded employers, has been spun off and acquired by the management team that currently runs this business unit.
"We wish the stop loss team continued success and are very grateful for the contributions that they have made to IMG over the years," Barwick said.
Sirius purchased IMG from private equity investment firm ABRY Partners. A substantial portion of the transaction consideration is in the form of Sirius Preference Shares. These shares are convertible into Sirius common shares. As a result, on a fully converted basis an entity controlled by ABRY would own up to approximately 6 percent of Sirius's common shares following the transaction. Waters commented, "We are pleased to welcome ABRY as a cornerstone owner of Sirius stock. We look forward to working with their talented team to further develop IMG's business."
About Sirius
Sirius is a global (re)insurance company founded in Stockholm in 1945 with its group corporate headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda. Sirius Group has $2.6 billion of GAAP capital and wrote $1.3 billion of premiums in 2016, $435 million of which related to Accident & Health. Its largest offices are in Stockholm, New York City and London. Visit www.siriusgroup.com.
IMG is the second Accident & Health addition to Sirius's specialty insurance platform in as many months. In April, Sirius acquired ArmadaGlobal, a market-leading insurance services and healthcare technology business that creates specialty health and benefit products, delivered with its hallmark world-class service excellence. Click here to learn more.
About IMG
International Medical Group® (IMG®), an award-winning provider of global insurance benefits and assistance services for more than 25 years, enables our members to worry less and experience more by delivering the protection they need, backed by the support they deserve. IMG offers a full line of international medical insurance products, as well as trip cancellation programs, medical management services and 24/7 emergency medical and travel assistance — all designed to provide members Global Peace of Mind® while they're away from home. Visit www.imglobal.com.
China's 'THAAD retaliation' hurts medical tourism, lowers brand value
by Marian Chu
koreabiomed.com – China's economic retaliation in the aftermath of South Korea's deployment of the U.S. antimissile system will lead to the lowering of Korean healthcare industry's brand value, an expert said Monday.
Medical institutions here had made a massive investment in anticipation of the rush of Chinese patients. However, the abrupt drop in Chinese visitors for medical treatment has led local hospitals to slash medical fees, and the dumping has, in turn, resulted in the downgrading of healthcare services, said Ahn Gun-young안건영, chairman of Korea Brand Hospital Association브랜드병의원협회.
Ahn and other experts discussed ways to revive medical tourism sector, severely hurt by the Chinese retaliation against the installation here of the U.S. missile shield called the Thermal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, at a symposium hosted by Rep. Jeon Hyun-hee전현희 of the ruling Democratic Party더불어민주당.
Korea's medical tourism industry had steadily grown since 2013 but turned downward last year amid the controversy over THAAD. Ahn called for the government to take responsibility and establish countermeasures to make up for the losses inflicted on domestic medical institutions.
Ahn noted the healthcare industry had been a major economic player and job creator, citing large hospitals had hired Chinese translators and overseas marketers, invested in advertisements and established foreign branches to keep up with the international demand for local medical services.
Ahn added that the rise of medical tourism also helped related industries, such as hotels, restaurants, and medical goods, make profits since tourists purchased other products and services during their stay.
"The medical industry in this regard was 'totally unprepared' for the aftereffects of THAAD, witnessing a drastic fall in patient numbers despite having invested heavily in various areas to accommodate foreign patients," Ahn said, "Now hospitals are to downsizing rapidly, leading to job and revenue losses and remaining unable to cover the costs of previous investment."
He urged the government to take action, suggesting several methods starting with the more efficient marketing of Korean healthcare industry by mobilizing Korean stars and celebrities. Ahn also cited speeding up of visa approval process and providing follow-up care in the patient's home country through partnering with hospitals in foreign countries.
Professor Jin Ki-nam진기남 of Yonsei University expressed more optimistic views, saying "Expanding the Chinese market should not be the only focus." Jin noted undue reliance on Chinese patients could make the domestic industry vulnerable and called for the government to differentiate services, diversify target countries and increase professionalism. Jin pointed out that the fall in the number of Chinese patients should not necessarily be "a matter of total despair," but rather an opportunity to recuperate and strengthen weaknesses in the Korean health care industry.
Jin also noted that the Korean government had poured a large sum of money into ineffective advertising, which not only contributed to the stagnation of the medical industry but also to the creation of a weak global brand. Jin called for hospitals and government to market their brand more creatively from the standpoint of foreign countries. He emphasized the importance of tailoring advertisements to each country after extensive and thorough market research.
Baek Hyun-gi백현기, director of the Healthcare Business Division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, also stressed the need to increase medical safety and diversify strategies in attracting foreign patients, optimistically noting that this is an "opportunity to bring our healthcare industry to maturity."
"Even though we suffered some losses after THAAD, it was not all negative; in fact, a survey revealed two out of the top five hospitals saw a rise in the number of foreign patients."
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For Turkey's Medical Tourists, Sightseeing and Hair Transplants
by Tan Cetin
voanews.com – ISTANBUL — When you walk around Istanbul's famous Taksim Square, men with bands around their heads are not an uncommon sight. The locals know by now that the men have just received hair transplants.
Even though general tourism has suffered in Turkey due to recent terrorist attacks, medical tourism continues to thrive. In 2016, more than 152,000 people came to Turkey for medical tourism, according to statistics from the Turkish Health Ministry.
Jordanian Khaled Saleh is one of the thousands of people who came to Turkey not only for a visit, but also to get a hair transplant.
"If I want to make the same surgery in my country, it's going to cost me $5,000. I spent $1,100 here," says Saleh. "It was very cheap and helpful. The team was very helpful. We also come here for tourism. We feel safe in Turkey. Police is everywhere, helping us. Also, the tourism — Istanbul is a magnificent city."
A hair transplant procedure in Istanbul, Turkey.
Medical tourism consultant Emre Ali Kodan lists the reasons why Turkey is one of the top medical tourism destinations.
"High quality service, affordable prices, surpassing Europe in medical technology, cultural proximity to Middle East, experience of doctors," he says.
Kodan says about 5,000 people received hair transplants each month in 2016, and up to 80,000 people are projected to receive hair transplants in 2017.
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Medical Tourism on the Rise in Turkey
The men with bands around their heads are the most visible medical tourists in Turkey. But the top medical procedures tourists came to Turkey for in 2016 involved obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Plastic surgery and cancer treatment were also in the top 10.
"Our doctors are top notch," says Kodan. "We have competitive advantage in terms of fees. These reasons are why even Europeans chose to come here for medical treatments."
In 2016, most of Turkey's medical tourists were Libyans, Azerbaijanis and Iraqis. But Europeans choose Turkey as well.
German Jan Bourcevet, 23, (right) came to Istanbul for a hair transplant.
German Jan Bourcevet, 23, found the Turkish hair transplant clinic he used after researching online.
"In Germany where I come from, it's like [one] fourth of the price. I sent my pictures to them and they made me an offer. It sounded great, so I did it," says Bourcevet.
Like Jordanian Khaled Saleh, Bourcevet also plans to use the opportunity to be a traditional tourist. He's happy that, thanks to his hair transplant procedure, he gets to explore another country.
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Large gap in perceptions of health and healthcare between rich and poor in U.S.
by Matt Kuhrt
fiercehealthcare.com – The difference in how high- and low-income individuals see health and healthcare in the United States is larger than in most other countries, per a new study.
Writing in Health Affairs, Joachim O. Hero, a doctoral candidate in health policy, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ph.D., and Robert J. Blendon, all of Harvard University, described their examination of income gaps in 32 middle- and high-income countries between 2011 and 2013. They reported that the difference between high-income and low-income Americans when it comes to their history with the healthcare system and their confidence in continuing access to care proved to be among the highest in any country they surveyed.
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I have never met jay Maisel, but he is one of the photographers that i take inspiration from. When his recent book Light, Gesture & Color was published I eagerly awaited my copy. I was not disappointed. It is a wonderful distillation of years of photographic experience and contemplation into three concepts: light, gesture and color. Printed in wide format as double pages, there are over 125 photographs faithfully reproduced on quality paper with corresponding commentary by the author spread out over 250 pages.
Since getting my copy I have used the term : Light , Gesture & Color frequently when posting photographs on social media. It is more descriptive than awesome (gawd how I hate that term). Everything cannot be awesome. Why you ask? Because if everything is awqesome (like when all children are "above average") then nothing is awesome anbd worse of all, it doesn't really say a thing about the photograph. Why is it awesome? What about the photograph made you say that? Was it the light, the gesture, the color? You are an adult with a computer and a keyboard...use a thesaurus, find some descriptive words. "wow" is not a word. It is an emotional exclamation. Why do I have to go through this? Well, I really don't. I can go back into Maisel's book and take refuge within actual thoughtfulness and his sincere interest in explaining what about his life's work has meaning.
When a dear friend inquired what I meant when I used the term gesture along with light and color. I had an opportunity to explain how I came by this term, as it is not mine.
First time I saw this I thought it was one of those damned autocorrects. Then you kept posting it and I'm wondering, Does he mean "texture"?WTF is "gesture"?
Fortunately, I had Jay Maisel's words to explain gesture:
"Gesture is the expression that is at the very heart of everything we shoot...It reveals the essence of each thing we look at: human, mineral, or animal, or brick, stone, or metal. It doesn't stop there. We see it in clouds, crowds, magnificent mansions, and humble huts. We have been shooting gesture all of our lives but we didn't have the nomenclature or the compulsion to categorize it."
Of course, it is even better to hear Jay Maisel describe gesture in his own voice.
Light, gesture and color are not only the components of a photograph, but when they have an interplay among them they can make a great photograph. Of these gesture is what holds us. It is how we connect to the photograph. It maybe the gesture of an object or a human form but if it has gesture we see it. Gesture can take many different forms, but it is always the unspoken language.


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WATCH: The Debate - Danny Murphy, Phil Neville join Jeff Stelling for Liverpool v Man Utd special
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While chatting over breakfast, we had realized that Disney Princesses really do tend to have animal* companions. And I think we figured out why they use that trope: a human companion would create too much competition for the movie's primary relationship. But if a princess didn't have a companion at all, she'd basically have to talk to herself to communicate with the audience.
Well Disney, my girl has another idea for you:
They could have a princess who blogs. Think about it:
"Episode 98: Hello world! Today I was attacked by bad guys, again. But… I'm still surprisingly beautiful."
You're welcome.
*exceptions we could think of: Meridah WAS an animal, and Olaf was technically a snowman. Still, non-human. I can also think of a few movies where princesses travelled with humans, but tension over relationship competition was part of their plot. Can you think of any more?


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I did a search here but didn't come up with anything that seemed easy enough to follow -
i need a step by step..
for instance i am recording with 2 mics, one SDC in cardiod mode, and then a fig-8 ribbon turned so that the middle is facing the guitar
i am assuming the LDC = mid
and the ribbon = side
what exactly do i do with these two seperate mono files in order to use this plugin properly?
I have done mid/side before but in a different way... not sure if it was the right way.,
ok so this is how it looks in reaper:
and this is what it sounds like:
and in the mix:
is mid/side good for dual guitars? Like if i want to pan them out afterwards? or does that defeat the purpose?
ok this is what it sounds like now:
this is with two of those guitars, but panned a bit l/r
one track alone:
here is one of the guitar tracks alone, panned center
doh, sorry
here it is panned the way you mention
here are both tracks, slightly panned out... is it ok for me to pan the msed tracks out?
actually i am in "inline" mode. This is not correct?
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"Inline" mode is incorrect because it assumes you already have a normal Left/Right stereo signal.
So, for the best results please pan the way I initially (incorrectly) suggested: Mid to Right and Side to Left, then use the "Decode" mode in MSED.
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A driver in a head-on crash that killed a man dead Saturday night has been charged with murder.
Justin Litton, 36, of Somerset was booked into the Pulaski County Detention Center on Monday night.
A Pulaski County sheriff's deputy saw Litton parked at a closed business with his headlights off just before 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Somerset police. When the deputy turned to check on the vehicle, Litton pulled out and drove toward Somerset, according to a news release.
A short distance later, Litton's 1998 Nissan crossed into the other lane and collided head-on with a 2005 Suzuki driven by Levi Stephens, 33, of Somerset. Stephens was taken to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, where he died.
The Associated Press reported that the crash was recorded by the deputy's cruiser camera, and the recording shows Litton intentionally drove into Stephens' vehicle, Somerset Police Department Lt. Shannon Smith said. Litton's family had reported him to be suicidal in the hours before the crash occurred, Smith said.
Litton was treated at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.
His bond was set at $250,000 cash or $500,000 property. He was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.


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Comedy starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman (Fallon), finding romance is about as unlikely as his beloved team winning it all. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend named Lindsey (Drew Barrymore), suddenly anything is possible. That is, until the baseball season begins and Lindsey finds herself competing with an entire baseball team - the Boston Red Sox - for her boyfriend's heart and soul.


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With Christmas just around the corner, I'm excited to be holding my Christmas Baking Masterclass next Wednesday evening at our Healthy Chef Headquarters in Sydney. We'll also be filming the event so you can catch all the action as we live-stream the event on Facebook! We are scheduled to start at 6pm AEST. Watch me showcase spectacular festive inspirations from my New Healthy Baking cookbook, such as Raw Christmas Cake served with Mango Turmeric Custard, Graham Cracker... Read More
With spring in full swing, I like to reset my body and make the most of all the fresh seasonal produce that's available at this time of the year. So, to mark the start of this rejuvenating season, I'll be sharing my simple tools for detoxing over the next three weeks. It's a great way to re-boot your system, assist your body in eliminating toxins, and help enhance weight loss as well as your overall state of health. If you've read my post last week, a detox isn't... Read More
My Most Effective Body Shaping Secrets
I've been into fitness and healthy cooking my whole life and over time I've come to realise it's not all about doing ballistic workouts to achieve overall fitness and body shaping. In my 20s and 30s I used to do weight training, road cycling, kickboxing, submission wrestling, surf lifesaving and I'd be hitting the gym most days of the week. No wonder I was so tired, anxious and not digesting and absorbing my nutrients properly! These days I'm more into Pilates... Read More
Supercharge Your Immune System Naturally
Food is one of the most powerful tools we have to help prevent disease and a healthy body begins with a healthy immune system. It maintains homeostasis by defending against viruses and bacteria which can cause inflammation in the body, illness and disease. Our body also produces antibodies that can help destroy the virus and assist our body to heal. Nutritional deficiencies can impair immune function, increasing both the risk and severity of infection. Vitamin C, for... Read More
10 Ingredients That Should Never Be In Your Protein Powder
A quality protein drink made from wholefood ingredients can benefit your health in a number of ways. The addition of protein in your diet can balance hormones, assist in weight loss, support detoxification and digestion, boost your immune system, and even support pregnancy. Protein is also the key nutrient that helps you get ageless, glowing skin and lean, toned muscles. The key nutrient for fat loss and body shaping is protein as it's essential to regulate the appetite,... Read More
How To Make The Perfect Dairy Free Milk
When I cook, I always use full fat or organic milk in my recipes and I always try to cater for people who have intolerances such as to lactose or dairy. Nut and seed milks are a delightful lactose-free alternative to traditional dairy. They can be incorporated into healthy diets and provide your body with essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc to nourish its immune system. Fermented dairy such as yoghurt and kefir with live cultures can normally be tolerated by... Read More
Naked Chocolat Pudding
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Cold-Pressed Wheatgrass Juice
Check it out now in our eStore "My 100 % Certified Organic Cold-Pressed Wheatgrass is a great way to start the day, it can help support detoxification, digestion and optimum health." Teresa Cutter…view the studies here… I was inspired to recreate this rejuvenating wheatgrass from my many years of growing and juicing fresh living wheatgrass. This pure juice plays an important role in my digestive wellness and makes my body feel amazing. Every morning I start my... Read More
Healthy Gluten Free Raw Christmas Pudding
Christmas isn't Christmas without a traditional pudding. I love the fragrant aroma of cinnamon, vanilla, orange and nutmeg infused into plump sun-dried fruits then finished off with a home made proper egg custard poured over the top. This is a recipe I designed especially for YOU ! It features in the December issue of Women's Fitness Magazine and it needed to fit into the healthy chef philosophy and be Purely Delicious ! For those who prefer a more traditional... Read More
How To Enjoy Healthy Chef Protein + Organic Superfood – Watch the Video !
Check out my video on the 3 best ways I love to use my Healthy Chef Protein and Organic Superfood. Read More
A Healthy Raw Chocolate Smoothie
If you want super power packed nutrition – then you need to try my power packed chocolate thick shake. This makes a delicious healthy snack or light meal that's perfect when you want to indulge in a little chocolate therapy. What's great about it: Naked Chocolat is bursting with antioxidants, mineral rich cocoa, carob, maca, cinnamon and pure vanilla bean, this potent blend provides sustained energy, supports the endocrine and immune systems and contributes... Read More
Banana + Chia Smoothie
He's one of my favourite banana smoothie recipes that I love to make for a healthy breakfast. It contains a nut or a seed milk such as sunflower seed milk or almond milk which I make myself in my vitamix. If you're a little time poor, a spoonful of almond butter blended with water is a good replacement. I add a frozen chopped banana which makes my smoothie yummy and creamy. Blended frozen bananas are a creamy, almost-decadent treat that are the perfect potassium boosting... Read More
Beauty Boosting Smoothie
Good nutrition is the fundamental building block of a healthy body – both inside and out. The food you eat has the potential to nourish every cell in your body and is your nutritional insurance policy to live longer, feel energised and look radiant. I love starting my day off with a super – smoothie that I've packed full of nutrient dense goodness that makes sure I give my body and my skin what it craves for each day. The secret to glowing skin is simple.... Read More
Detox Papaya Smoothie
This delicious smoothie is inspired by Kamalaya, my favourite health & wellness retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand. It's a great start to the day and specifically designed for a healthy digestive system. I can feel the nourishing goodness infuse into my body almost immediately. Feel free to vary the yoghurt or use alternatives such as pumpkin seed milk. Boost the protein and amino acids by adding my Healthy Chef Protein, to help support intestinal function and nourish... Read More


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Hello! Welcome to The Around The Way- a blog site dedicate to the daily musings and inspirations of two 'round the way girls from the 773, -Chicago baby! Through the good and bad, this city has shaped who we are today and we're damn proud of it. Chicago is an underdog city that doesn't get much praise for what it's really worth. From its food, fashion, art, music, and scenery altogether, Chicago has a certain swag about it that even outsiders find irresistible. We can admit the winters absolutely suck here, but even if you leave, you always find yourself making it back for the oh-so-perfect Summa Time Chi. The Around The Way wants to celebrate the unique city lifestyle of Chicago and other cities… around the way.
During this adventure, you'll meet some dope ass Around The Way Girls who are grinding hard and are on the rise. Instead of focusing on celebrities, we want to put the spot-light on the 'round the way, every day celebrity with a story to share.
Before you join us on this journey, let us share the story behind The Around The Way and your girls Rebecca and Ariel.
How It Started
The Around The Way always existed but never came to life until now. We always talked about starting a blog since we graduated college in 2013, but didn't get the ball rolling until a year later on a drunk summer night. On the night of Wicker Park Fest, we met up at Nick's Beer Garden and had the most productive conversation a person could have after a long night of drinking. We had the plan, we had the idea, but once we had the name we were ready to go. The Around The Way.
The Around The Way Girls
We don't recall how our friendship really began (real friends don't remember anyway), but it was bound to happen. We were young independent girls (Ariel 18, Rebecca 17), who happened to have mutual friends, similar interests, and worked down the block from each other at the trendy AKIRA boutique stores. From 2007 on, this friendship turned kinship continues to grow with great memories: from funny to sad, to the ones we don't remember (due to circumstances), and the ones we wish we could forget.
Age: 24
Title: Co-Founder & Contributor
Education: BA Public Relations & Advertising from DePaul University, continuing education in fashion design at FIDM Los Angeles 2015
Hometown: North Pole (far north-side), Chicago
Neighborhood raised in: Edgewater & Uptown
Nationality: Ethiopian! (Young East African Girl)
Favorite things about Chicago: Lake Shore Drive, Summa Time Chi, mild sauce, food in general, BULLS and music.
Least favorite things about Chicago: Winters, pot holes, black ice (I always bust my shit), paying for the CTA, and crime (both in politics and streets).
Favorite music artists: Kanye, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Lil Wayne (2008 and earlier), Jay-Z (pre-Beyonce… sorry!), R.Kelly, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Outkast. I also have a weakness for trap music.
Social Media: Instagram: @be.mob, Twitter: @beezlouiez
Age: 25
Title: Co-Founder & Contributor
Education: BA Fashion Business & Marketing Communication from Columbia College Chicago
Hometown: Chicagoooooo
Neighborhood raised in: Wicker Park & Logan Square (before both turned into Hipster nation)
Nationality: Mexican and Puerto Rican (No, I'm not crazy)
Favorite things about Chicago: Fall, summer street festivals, da bulls, and that we have a number of bars that are open until 4 am
Least favorite things about Chicago: being on the Damen bus, Rahm Emmanuel, and the Polar Vortex
Favorite artists: Bey all day, The Talking Heads, Kanye West, Outkast, R.Kelly, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Marc Anthony, Memphis Minnie, Lauryn Hill. I'm everywhere. Rebecca helps me with all newer hip-hop music.
Social Media: Instagram: @arieldelarosa88, Facebook: /arielkristin


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There's a Revolution In Ideas For Team Building
No matter how reliable they've been over the years, your tried-and-true ideas for team building are about to receive a complete overhaul! Why? Because they're heeeeere! Millennials are 75 million strong and they're forcing the workplace to change.
Overnight you and your company have been besieged by eager beavers who are young enough to be your children, but older enough to challenge you at every turn. For some of you executive Baby Boomers, the office may feel more like a playpen than a place of business.
"Nobody's paying me to be a babysitter," you may grouse under your breath. And you're right. You're not a babysitter, but some of the wisdom you used as a parent may serve you well now. Among your most effective new ideas for team building make relationship building a top priority. Sure, you're the boss, but you don't always have to boss people around to get the best out of them. When compelled to criticize, make sure your criticism is constructive and not destructive. Avoid hurling judgments and accusations at them.
In fact, before you speak at all, listen. Create a safe environment for your employee to speak and then let him go for it! When you finally do respond, carefully pose questions reiterating what you think you just heard so that you're both on the same page. And when you issue a mandate or a directive, make sure you're setting him up to succeed. Don't demand the impossible. Facilitate the plausible and support him when he needs help.
And consider this: casting a vision should leave your team uplifted, not downcast. Make the vision plain. Write it down. Ask for feedback and then use that feedback to reframe your plans or to adjust the way you explain it.
In the old days the boss was regarded as an adversary around whom all but a few were wary. That was then. This is now and now the wisest managers and supervisors are learning to become advocates for their workers. Their most enlightened ideas for team building enable professional growth for each team member.
A recent survey revealed that most Millennials [more than 90 percent, in fact] yearn to become leaders. Mentoring and executive training are becoming a part of the best practices model in companies all over the country. The most effective ideas for team building emphasis the welfare of employees, because they're the ones that help boost your bottom line.


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Large penthouse unit available in great neighborhood Dunbar! 2 bedrooms + 2 bath + den on beautiful tree-lined streets with city and mountain view. Bosch stainless steel appliance package, waterfall Caesarstone cpountertop, modern large polished tile walls and floors in bathrooms, water efficient Toto dual flush toilet, elegant hardwood flooring, 9 feet high ceiling. Close to some of Vancouver's best schools, parks, golf course and shopping. School catchment: Point grey Secondary and Southland Elementary. This is a rare find in prestigious Dunbar.
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I bought two canvases, one for a very belated Valentine's Day present for Matt. The other was for me to experiment with something for my room.
I wanted a chevron pattern so I used masking tape. I mixed up a light robin's egg blue color and applied it to the entire canvas.
Once you remove the masking tape, it creates whatever pattern you taped down. You could also use painters tape. I used acrylic paint and then used my favorite quote from my favorite book. Either the pattern can be left alone or you could add a quote like I did. I did everything freehand so it's all my own handwriting. It's perfect for my little reading area and I look forward to adding more wall hangings to my room so the walls aren't so bare.


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By: Taylor Martz
In the spirit of Disney's enchanting new live-action production, graduate school is definitely a "beast." Between working two jobs that amount to over 40 hours a week, attending night classes, researching, writing papers and reading, it all adds up to basically working a 60-hour work week. Oh, and don't forget to add in a social life, family, and managing your health somewhere.
Despite the difficulty and taxing two to four years, there is still "beauty" to be found amongst the rigorous schedule and performance demands. To uncover the benefits, however, one must be prepared to successfully manage their time, health, responsibilities, and finances.
1. Time Management
Make use of idle hours – You know those awkward one-hour breaks between your undergraduate classes? Those exist in grad school, too. Instead of jumping on Twitter or Facebook, use that time wisely. While the last thing I want to do is answer work emails or manage my bank account after getting out of a three-hour seminar, I'm checking off items on my to-do list before I even return home.
Plan your free time –When we think of watching an episode on Netflix, we don't often pair it with a time and date written in our planner; however, I've found that scheduling out my time helps me feel less stressed and gives me something to look forward to. When I know I'm not going to be nose-deep in a textbook all hours of the day, I put my effort into getting the task at hand done so I can relax.
2. Organization
Buy a planner – It's hard to manage your time without being organized. A planner allows you to have a visual representation of your day, week, and upcoming month. There is no way I could remember due dates, work schedules, appointments, birthdays, and class times without it. Not only do I get these down on paper, but I can plan an entire semester in advance and schedule reminders on my phone through Google calendar. Find out what organizational system works for you and roll with it.
Get started right away – While this still isn't my strong suit, my procrastination has drastically dropped in grad school. When I receive an assignment, I make a mental note to at least begin brainstorming right after class. Whether that's taking a minute to research some scholarly articles or process my ideas out loud, getting started gives me less to worry about later.
3. Health
Physical – Here's my suggestion: buy a crockpot, lunch bag, and portable snacks. When you have back-to-back three-hour seminars, it doesn't leave you enough time to prepare an ideal dinner. Use a crockpot to cook large portions that allow for plenty of leftovers, and then pair those leftovers with a variety of nutritious (and protein-packed!) snacks in your lunch bag. You can thank me later.
Mental – Even though we can't simply forget our academic responsibilities, we can't forget to keep ourselves sane, too. I highly suggest scheduling at least one consistent stress-relieving activity. While mine might be boxing and yoga, yours could be watching Survivor on Wednesday nights or cooking homemade lasagna once a week. Find what it is that lets your stream of thoughts shut off for a little while, and build this time into your schedule. Additionally, stay close to those who help you relieve stress. It's okay to rely on your loved ones a little more than usual during this stressful period. They'll hold you accountable, help where they can, and offer endless support.
4. Finance
Live below your means – It's no secret grad school tuition can be overwhelming. Whether you're coming off undergraduate loans or figuring out how to afford this new cost of returning to academia, it can be helpful to reevaluate your budget and spending habits. If you've worked a full-time job for a while, stretching $20 as far as it can go isn't a familiar feeling. Peek at your spending and see where you can make temporary (or long-term) cuts. Adjusting your lifestyle and savings early will help ensure you're not living like a student even after graduation.
5. Responsibility
Be willing to make sacrifices – You can do anything, but you can't do everything. Grad school teaches you the importance of balance and prioritization. Sometimes I need to sacrifice my A+ work on an assignment in order to make time for self-care. Self-care isn't selfish. We must learn how to prioritize our to-do list every day if we want to stay sane. You know the graphic saying "Pick two: school, sleep, social life"? While it makes us laugh, this symbolizes a lack of balance. With proper time management, it's entirely possible to have all three; however, sometimes we need to make sacrifices. If you put off an assignment to go out with friends one night, you stay in the next. No one said balance comes without consequences, but that's part of making a choice (and why there is a tomorrow).
If nothing else, know this: everything will get done, and everything will turn out alright. Your assignments will get done. You'll pass your classes. You'll get an internship. It might require some late nights and early mornings, long calls with your mom, or doing research in a library on a Friday night, but it will get done, and you will come out alive.
How do you manage your time and stress levels in graduate school? What sacrifices have you made to maintain your academics, finances, and health?


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$2,400,000 in annual savings identified on just 2 packaging lines.
ICC recently wrapped up a 10 day Fitness Assessment™ at a major American food manufacturer with great success. During their time onsite, ICC's team of engineers, programmers, and business practice experts identified cost reduction opportunities of over $2.4 million, with a total payback period of less than nine months. Specific examples of ICC providing solutions to customer issues included:
The ICC team helped identify the true process constraints and provided innovative solutions to increase production volume by an average of 20% through removing those constraints at a minimal capital cost.
Working closely with the client's team, the ICC team also helped identify low cost fixes to the most frequent root causes of line downtime.
Bringing in expertise from other industries, the ICC team helped identify a key upgrade to upstream process equipment to leverage best practices and reduce clean-up downtime by 75%.
By looking at the demand volume for the production area, ICC was able to re-align the scheduling process to reduce changeovers and improve efficiencies on the client's high volume line.
These solutions, along with many quick-win opportunities and identification of future line constraints helped position the client to lower unit costs and increase overall production volume on a product line that has been a manufacturing challenge for nearly fifteen years.